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‘Blended’ Review

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Blend together typical Adam Sandler humor and a predictable script and you get one of the worst movies of 2014. The third time’s not the charm for the pairing of Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the romantic non-comedy, “Blended”. Sandler’s Jim is a widow with three daughters. His wife, who used to manage a Hooter’s […]
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‘Transcendence’ Review

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After last Summer’s “The Lone Ranger”, I thought Johnny Depp couldn’t hit a new low in his career. But that was before I experienced “Transcendence”. This sci-fi romantic thriller immediately shoots right to the bottom of Depp’s long resume. Depp plays scientist Will Caster, the technology wizard behind the theory of Transcendence – the state […]
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‘3 Days to Kill’ Review

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2014 has been promoted as the Comeback Year of Kevin Costner. January’s “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” was enjoyable, but it made no impression at the box office. Costner’s first of two sports dramas, “Draft Day”, was solid and he’s got another one coming: “McFarland” (Nov. 21). But the action/thriller/dramedy, “3 Days to Kill”, is one […]
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‘I, Frankenstein’ Review

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It’s Alive, and it’s Awful. “I, Frankenstein” is the perfect example of a “let’s bury it in January” film. From the cheesy visuals, to the lifeless performances, to some of the weirdest action sequences ever put on screen, this truly is a horror movie, as in “horr-ific”. Written and directed by Stuart Beattie (who’s contributed […]
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‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ Review

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Dino Disaster. Tyrannosaurus Wreck. These may be bad puns, but they perfectly describe the family adventure “Walking with Dinosaurs”, which left its mark as one of the worst movies of 2013. The BBC is behind “Walking with Dinosaurs”, which is loosely adapted from the network’s groundbreaking 1999 miniseries that also gave birth to a global sensation stage show. […]
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‘Riddick’ Review

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Vin Diesel is best known for the hugely-successful “Fast & Furious” movies. One of his other breakout roles was introduced in 2000’s “Pitch Black”: Richard B. Riddick. A sequel, “The Chronicles of Riddick”, followed in 2004. Nine years later, the cult character returned in the definitively titled – “Riddick” – one of the worst films […]
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‘Paranoia’ Review

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“Paranoia” is perfect example of a film that deserved to be buried at the end of August. While Relativity Media bounced-back a bit with “Don Juan” and “Free Birds”, I’m not sure if the studio will be able to recover from this misstep. Much of the reported $35 million budget likely went to co-stars Harrison […]
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‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ Review

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2010’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” aimed to become the next “Harry Potter”: an adaptation of a popular book series about a heroic boy-figure and his best friends fighting to save their world and ours. Even though it only grossed $89 million in the US, a $227 million worldwide total was good […]
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‘Pacific Rim’ Review

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Guillermo del Toro is best known for three things: directing the “Hellboy” movies, helming the Oscar-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth”, and passing on the opportunity to make “The Hobbit” trilogy. His first film in five years is “Pacific Rim”. As actor Idris Elba says in one of the cornball climatic scenes: “Today we are CANCELLING the Apocalypse!” […]
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‘The Heat’ Review

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Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock and Academy Award nominee Melissa McCarthy team-up for the female buddy-cop comedy “The Heat”. This movie was originally scheduled to open on April 5th, but Fox decided to push the film’s release to the summertime hoping for bigger box office. Unfortunately they didn’t put-out a new trailer, so we’ve been […]
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